Bass v. Concord Street Railway
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Case, for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff, September 10, 1898, while alighting from a car, through the alleged negligence of the defendants in stopping for her to alight at a place not reasonably suitable for this purpose. Verdict for the plaintiff.
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Case, for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff, September 10, 1898, while alighting from a car, through the alleged negligence of the defendants in stopping for her to alight at a place not reasonably suitable for this purpose. Verdict for the plaintiff. The plaintiff’s evidence tended to show the following facts: On Saturday afternoons during the summer preceding her injury, she went to Blossom Hill cemetery upon one of the defendants’ cars, which, in accordance with her request, was stopped at the first entrance to the cemetery for her to alight upon the west side of the track,…
1Opinion of the CourtPeaslee, J.
The defendants admit that it was their duty to use reasonable care in selecting a place to stop for passengers to alight. Call v. Street Railway, 69 N. H. 562. The case shows that the place where they might, and usually did, stop was much safer than the one where they stopped when the plaintiff was injured. There is no ground for contending that this was not sufficient evidence of their negligence.
The plaintiff had been accustomed to get off the cars at the cemetery entrance and in so doing had never experienced any difficulty. Upon this occasion, with her attention largely absorbed in caring…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Nutter v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1881
- Davis v. Concord & Montreal RailroadSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1894
- Call v. Portsmouth, Kittery & York Street RailwaySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1899
- Foss v. Boston & Maine RailroadSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1890
- Ricker v. HallSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1899
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